Hire Me for Short-Term Engagements

Specialized expertise for your specific needs.

Available for focused, short-term projects ranging from 1-8 weeks. Whether you need a Golang developer, senior technical leadership, or code quality improvements, I can help.

Available for short, focused projects (1-8 weeks) across Golang development, technical leadership, and code quality upgrades.

Services

Golang Development

What is covered:

  • Backend service development
  • REST API design and implementation
  • Microservices architecture and delivery
  • Code reviews and targeted bug fixes
  • Unit/integration test additions for critical paths
  • API contract cleanup and endpoint consistency
  • Code documentation and handover notes
  • Delivery-focused sprint execution for defined scope
  • Backend, APIs, and microservices delivery
  • Code reviews, bug fixes, and critical-path tests
  • API cleanup, consistency, and handover docs
  • Defined-scope sprint execution

What is NOT covered:

  • Architecture decisions and technical design discussions
  • Large-scale design rehaul of existing services/APIs
  • SRE patches, on-call stabilization, and reliability overhauls
  • Database schema redesign and deep query optimization
  • Performance tuning and production hardening at system level
  • Team coaching/enablement workshops
  • Cross-team program management and delivery governance
  • Architecture and system-level design ownership
  • SRE overhaul / on-call stabilization work
  • Deep database redesign and heavy perf hardening
  • Team coaching and delivery governance programs

$50-80/hr

Senior Golang Developer

What is covered:

  • Architecture design for scalable Go systems
  • Technical leadership for delivery-critical modules
  • Complex backend problem-solving and implementation
  • Code quality standards and review discipline
  • Mentoring developers on idiomatic Go and clean design
  • Cross-service integration planning and execution
  • Architecture and complex backend delivery
  • Technical leadership and code quality ownership
  • Mentoring and cross-service integration support

What is NOT covered:

  • End-to-end program management across multiple teams
  • Dedicated SRE/on-call ownership as a primary role
  • Full-time product management or stakeholder operations
  • Hardware/embedded prototyping implementation
  • Long-term staff augmentation beyond agreed engagement window
  • No full program management ownership
  • No primary SRE/on-call or PM operations role
  • No hardware prototyping or open-ended augmentation

$80-120/hr

Code Cleanup + Enablement

What is covered:

  • Refactoring for readability and maintainability
  • Technical debt reduction in high-impact modules
  • Codebase hygiene: structure, naming, and consistency
  • Hands-on team upskilling through paired implementation
  • Review checklists and practical coding standards
  • Targeted test coverage improvements for risky paths
  • Refactoring and technical debt cleanup
  • Code quality standards and practical team upskilling
  • Critical-path test and maintainability improvements

What is NOT covered:

  • Greenfield architecture ownership from scratch
  • Full product roadmap/design authority
  • 24/7 SRE/on-call operations ownership
  • Deep database re-platforming or migration programs
  • Org-wide training academy style programs
  • No greenfield architecture or roadmap ownership
  • No primary SRE/on-call operational ownership
  • No large migration or org-wide academy programs

$60-90/hr

IoT Prototyping

What is covered:

  • Hardware-software integration for prototype devices
  • Sensor interfacing and data acquisition pipelines
  • Embedded logic and edge-to-cloud connectivity setup
  • Telemetry pipelines, alert hooks, and basic dashboards
  • Prototype API/backend integration for control and monitoring
  • Documentation for setup, wiring, and deployment handover
  • Hardware integration with sensors and edge logic
  • Edge-to-cloud connectivity with telemetry hooks
  • Prototype backend/API integration and handover docs

What is NOT covered:

  • Mass manufacturing readiness and certification workflows
  • Custom PCB/industrial electronics design ownership
  • 24/7 managed operations for production IoT fleets
  • Long-term field support and hardware servicing contracts
  • Native mobile app development as a primary deliverable
  • No manufacturing/certification ownership
  • No custom PCB design or fleet operations contract
  • No long-term hardware support or full mobile app build

$95-145/hr

Technical Enablement / Evangelism

What is covered:

  • Hands-on technical workshops for engineering teams
  • Practical coding standards and review culture setup
  • Developer productivity and delivery practice alignment
  • Architecture walkthroughs and implementation guidance
  • Mentoring sessions for senior/junior engineer growth
  • Actionable enablement playbook for post-engagement use
  • Workshops, mentoring, and engineering practice alignment
  • Code quality culture and delivery process improvements
  • Implementation guidance with reusable enablement playbook

What is NOT covered:

  • Long-term full-time engineering management ownership
  • Primary IC delivery for entire product roadmap
  • 24/7 incident response or SRE operational ownership
  • HR/L&D organizational policy and compliance programs
  • Open-ended coaching retainer without defined outcomes
  • No full-time EM ownership or primary roadmap delivery
  • No SRE/on-call operational ownership
  • No open-ended org coaching without scoped outcomes

$45-75/hr

SRE Overhaul

What is covered:

  • Observability baseline: metrics, logs, traces, and alert signals
  • Incident workflow design: triage, escalation, and postmortem flow
  • Production hardening checklist and reliability guardrails
  • SLO/SLI definition and practical error-budget adoption
  • Runbook templates and operational handover for core services
  • Reliability hotspots review with prioritized action plan
  • Observability setup and alert baseline
  • Incident workflows, SLO/SLI, and reliability guardrails
  • Runbooks and prioritized hardening action plan

What is NOT covered:

  • 24/7 long-term on-call ownership as managed service
  • Complete platform re-architecture across all environments
  • Vendor procurement and contract negotiations
  • Security/compliance certification programs as primary scope
  • Open-ended operations support without a defined roadmap
  • No managed 24/7 on-call ownership
  • No full platform re-architecture engagement
  • No vendor/compliance program ownership

$75-115/hr

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